John s



(ModelQ) J. '0. THOMPSON.

GHURN.

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN s. THOMPSON, OF OONYERS, GEORGIA.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,300, dated July 22,1884.

I Application filed November 24, 1883. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. THOMPsON, a citizen of the United StatesofAmerica, residing at Oonyers, in the county of Rockdale and State ofGeorgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ghurns, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein .tothe accompanying draw ings.

My invention relates to an improvement in churns; and it consists in achurn having a Y series of fans on the axle of its driving-wheel,

a vertical dasher removabl y secured to a crank operated by adriving-wheel, in connection with a belt and pulley, and in the combination and arrangement of the parts, substantially as hereinafter morefully shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is aview in perspective, and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of the churn.

In the construction of my churn I rigidly secure to the platform A thedriving-wheel standards a a, having brace-bars a a, the brace bars a abeing tenoned in the dasherstandards B, which standards are held in avertical position by the inclined brace-bars I). The crank 0, whosebearings are in the hinge- 'sockels O G, has pivoted to its center, asshown, the pitman d, the crank being projected through a horizontalorifice provided near the top of the pitinan. The inclined bars Z) arearranged to fit at theupper ends immediately beneath the sockets O C,and thus support said sockets while bracing the dasher-standards Bin avertical position. The

. pitman d is slotted at d, and in this slot is jointed the dasher D.The'vertical plate D is rigidly secured to pitman d, and has an orificetherein for reception of the pivoted pin 6, which is designedto hingetogether pitman d and the churn-dasher D, and hence, when it is designedto remove the churn from its socket E on platform A, the pin 6 iswithdrawn, the pitman d pushed aside, the horizontal guide-bar d is thenelevated in the guide-recesses F of standards B, and thus removed fromthe churn-dasher, and the lidholder at slipped from beneath thelid-studs f, which studs hold the lid securely clamped upon the top ofthe churn A, by sliding the lid-holder (i around from .beneath thestuds. The. studs f, of which there is one secured to either post B, areheld in position by means of the nutted screws f, which project throughtheir center and the vertical slot f, and thus the studs holding thecover arerendered adjustable to the height of the churn. The cover ofthe churn is thus rendered removable preliminary to the removal of thechurn from the socket E on the platform A.

The driving-wheel G is connected with crank-pulley G by means of belt H,and the churn is actuated by means of the crank-handle I of thedriving-wheel. The handles of the fans J are rigidly secured in therectangular block K by meansof the thumb-screws M, as shown in Fig. 4,and the block K is reinovably secured to axle L of the driving wheel bymeans of the said thumb-screws M, which are screwed against the axle L,in order that the fan or series of fans may be removed when it isunnecessary or unseasonable to drive off flies from the top of the churnor to fan the person operating it.

The dasher D, which is articulated to pitman 01 asaforesaid, is providedat bottom with a flat and nearly rectangular dash'erblock, D,

rigidly secured thereto, and above it with a series of alternating bars,D one above another, radiating from the main or vertical shaft of thedasher.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a churn, the combination of the dasher D, having block D" andalternating bars D vertical plate D, pin ve, crank 0, horizontalguide-bar d removably secured in guide-recesses .F, lid-holder d",lid-studs f, and the actuating mechanism, substantially as shown, andfor the purpose described.

2. In a churn, the combination of the platform A, having socket E,dasher D, lid-holder d, secured by studs f, and nutted screws f.projected across vertical slots f, horizontal guide-bar d adjustable inrecesses F of standards B, plate D, pin 6, pitman d, and the actuatingmechanism, substantially as shown and described.

' In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence Of twowitnesses.

JOHN s. THoMPsON.

\Vitnesses':

B. H. SUMMERs, J. J. LANGFORD.

